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The Poetry of Robert Burns

Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson

Burns, Robert (1759-1796)

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KILMARNOCK 1786

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ADDED, EDINBURGH 1787

DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK

THE BRIGS OF AYR

ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID

TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY

STANZAS WRITTEN IN PROSPECT OF DEATH

PRAYER: O THOU DREAD POWER

PARAPHRASE OF THE FIRST PSALM

PRAYER UNDER THE PRESSURE OF VIOLENT ANGUISH

THE NINETIETH PSALM VERSIFIED

ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS

ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH

ADDED, EDINBURGH 1793

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ON THE ILLNESS OF A FAVOURITE CHILD

I

Now health forsakes that angel face.
Nae mair my dearie smiles.
Pale sickness withers ilka grace,
And a' my hopes beguiles.

II

The cruel Powers reject the prayer
I hourly mak' for thee:
Ye Heavens! how great is my despair!
How can I see him die!